How to Install and Uninstall powertop Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 28,2024

1. Install "powertop" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install powertop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                powertop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "powertop" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall powertop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                powertop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the powertop package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: powertop
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 524
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpci3 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: cpufrequtils, laptop-mode-tools
Filename: pool/main/p/powertop/powertop_2.8-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 163760
MD5sum: 769287fbeab9ea2c8380a79e47523b90
SHA1: 23b5e388753e3f6a3f4ee805391dfedabd966e10
SHA256: 934745c60e77595415b8d0a45933f2012347451344de7115e3f565c5118e4b70
Description-en: diagnose issues with power consumption and management
PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and
power management. In addition to being a diagnostic tool, PowerTOP also
has an interactive mode you can use to experiment with various power
management settings, for cases where the Linux distribution has not
enabled those settings.
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PowerTOP reports which components in the system are most likely to blame
for higher-than-needed power consumption, ranging from software
applications to active components in the system. Detailed screens are
available for CPU C and P states, device activity, and software activity.
Description-md5: c3d78e3af7f012dfbca99d03c1d5651c
Homepage: https://01.org/powertop/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y